Eliminating exemption from hotel occupancy taxes on rental of hotel and motel rooms for thirty or more consecutive days [HB-4377]
The purpose of this bill is to allow county commissions and municipalities to impose their hotel occupancy taxes on hotel and motel rooms regardless of the length of time for which the hotel or motel room is rented. It also provides that the tax is not imposed on rooms rented to government officials on official business who are not reimbursed for the stay. Strike‑throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
HB-4377: Eliminating exemption from hotel occupancy taxes on rental of hotel and motel rooms for thirty or more consecutive days
Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection [HB-4412]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by the Department of Environmental Protection to ensure that no air or water rule is promulgated without substantiating independent medical or scientific evidence that there is no detrimental public health impact from the rule. The bill also requires that the findings in the impact statement be incorporated
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HB-4412: Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates
Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2016
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Relating to the use of drone surveillance of private citizens [HB-4413]
The purpose of this bill is to create restrictions on the use of drones or unmanned aircraft systems on another person’s property in order to view or capture pictures, video, or surveillance for the use of the person operating the drone and establish penalties for violating those restrictions.
HB-4413: Relating to the use of drone surveillance of private citizens
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Byrd
Filed For Introduction on 02/05/2016
Relating to the PROMISE scholarship program [HB-4556]
The purpose of this bill is to limit the percentage of PROMISE scholarship awards to students at private, not-for-profit institutions in the state to no more than 10% of the moneys available for these awards until 2020. And the bill terminates these awards to students at private, not-for-profit institutions in the state in 2020.
HB-4556: Relating to the PROMISE scholarship program
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer
Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2016